Estadio Gran Canaria

Estadio Gran Canaria
Owners	Cabildo de Gran Canaria
Location	Las Palmas, Spain
Opened	8 May 2003
Tenants	UD Las Palmas Spain national football team
Capacity	33,111
Field dimensions	105 m x 68 m (115 yd) x (74 yd)

Estadio Gran Canaria is a football stadium in Las Palmas, Spain. It is currently used for football matches and is home to UD Las Palmas. It was opened in 2003 as a multi-purpose stadium to become the successor of the old Estadio Insular.

History

The stadium was inaugurated on 8 May 2003 with a friendly between UD Las Palmas and RSC Anderlecht which was played in front of a full-capacity seats. The mach ended in favour of the hosts with a score of 2-1. The first scorer in the stadium was Rubén Castro.

With a capacity of 33,111 seats, it is the largest sports venue in the Canary Islands.

Starting from 11 November 2014, the stadium went under restructuring works which will last for about 16 months. After the remodelization, the running track was removed to turn the venue into a football-specific stadium, with the seats closer to the playing ground.

There is a plan proposed by the local authoroties to raise the capacity of the stadium up to 40,000 by the end of 2017.

International matches

2007-11-21 19:00 UTC+0	Spain	1 – 0	Northern Ireland	Estadio Gran Canaria, Las Palmas Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)
	Xavi (born 1980)  52'	Report

See also

• Estadio Insular

External links

• Estadios de Espana (English)
• www.worldofstadiums.com profile